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Monday, June 29, 2009

ok, so publix this week was AWESOME!!!!! seriously, wow! ok, so don't laugh, but i got 18 french's mustards (i said don't laugh!), 21 kraft bbq sauces, 10 loaves of pepperidge farms bread, 4 sara lee strawberry cheesecakes, 2 bertolli frozen meals, and 2 lysol all purpose sprays. i used 50 cent off coupons for all the mustards and bbq sauces, 55 cent manufacturer's coupons + 75 cent off target coupons for the bread (hooray for comptitor's coupons!), $1 off the cheesecakes, $1.50 off the bertolli meals, and 50 cents off the lysol. all the 50 cent coupons doubled for $1. . . i paid $31.62 for $144.51 worth of stuff. i saved $112.89 or 78.12%. holy freakin cow! oh, and i got rainchecks for more bread. . . and mustard.

ok, so here's the deal w/ the mustard b/c i know you're all trying ot figure out what use i could POSSIBLY have for all of that. the truth is, i DON'T have a use for it. BUT it served my purposes in the store. here's why: it's on sale b1g1 for $1.89. well, that, coupled w/ a 50 cent off coupon for each one means i GET PAID 11 cents for every 2 i take out of the store. i also got paid 51 cents for every 2 bbq sauces. :) oh, and the pepperidge farms bread was 69 cents per loaf after my coupons (on sale for $1.99 each, minus 55 cent coupon AND 75 cent coupon). lysol was 69 cents for 2. the cheese cakes and bertolli meals weren't AS great a deal, but still probably the best i can ever hope to get, so i get them anyways. it was a VERY happy day! :) here's my haul--

ok, so i kow last time i posted about cvs i said i'd be getting sunscreen for free, but it turns out the ad was printed wrong and i did have to pay. . . but not TOO much, and i still got an AWESOME deal. i got 2 coppertone no-rub sprays (a tanning oil for $9.99 and spf 70 for $10.99), used $1.50 off coupons for each, plus my 12 ecb's from last week and paid $6.61 for $21.61 worth of stuff. i saved $15 even, which is 69.41%. oh yeah, and i got 8 ecb's for next week (so if you include the ecb's, it's like i got paid to get the usncreen. it's all in how you look at it!). yay! :)

so harris teeter is doubling coupons up to $1.98 in value, making it worth my time to drive down there to get a few things. tonight i got 2 boxes of bagel-fuls ($2.75 each), 6 boxes of band-aids ($2.55 each), and 10 pints of ben & jerry's (on sale at 2/$6). i had coupons for $1 off each of those things, which all doubled to $2. i paid $15.85 for $61.75 worth of stuff, meaning i saved $45.90 or 74.33%. happy, happy evelyn! :D

Friday, June 26, 2009

ok, so this was the best i've ever done, i'm pretty sure. . . :) only one transaction, BUT it was awesome. i got 4 bottles of sobe lifewater and 12 soyjoy bars. used 2 b1g1 coupons for the sobe's and 2 coupons for $1/5 soyjoy bars. sobe's were on sale b1g1, soyjoy on sale for 4/$4 (plus it got 4 ecb's for every 4 you buy!). i paid $10.51 and got 12 ecb's to use next week! :) wahoo! i saved $11.84 just from the sale prices and coupons - 52.98%! next week i'll use the ecb's on a deal to get 2 coppertone sunscreens for NOTHING out of pocket. yay! :) (if you count the soyjoy bars in the picture there are only 11 - i ate one before i got a chance to take the picture)

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

so we went up to maryland for the first weekend in june for my brother's wedding reception. while we were there, we also celebrated trevor's 2nd birthday w/ family, as well as scott's baby blessing. we figured all our family was already there, so it just made sense. here are pictures from the trip:

trevor and danielle at the zoo on saturday for trevor's birthday--

our family after scott's blessing on sunday--

trevor's birthday "party" at my grandma's house sunday evening--

my grandma holding scott at the party--

scott, konked out on the bed in our hotel room monday morning--

we had a good time (for the most part); i'm sure my parents and siblings especially enjoyed getting to see the kids! it was a tiring trip, but worth it to spend some time w/ family. it took us about a week to recover from it though! :)

so my neighbor offered to do pictures of scott for us - here are a few of my favorites:

unfortunately, he was a little cranky by the time we got to the ones w/ his blessing outfit on, so they weren't happy pictures, but oh well, i think the screaming one is still cute in its own right. :)

so i went back to publix tonight to get the rest of my stuff. . . i didn't do a picture this time, but i ended up w/ 4 more jars of ragu and 3 bags of chex mix for a grand total of $3.12! :) yay! i got rainchecks for 2 more laundry detergents and 4 more boxes of brownie mix. happy evelyn! :)

ok, so w/ jon getting out of the military at the end of the year and us not knowing if he'll have a job by then, i figured it was time for me to get back into coupons in a major way to help save some money. i saved big on the things i got, but i bought larger quantities than i would have in the past. . . combined w/ the few things we needed RIGHT NOW, i spent a little less than normal on proceries, but not significantly. i'm hoping that in the weeks and months to come, i'll be able to save more so that i can really cut our grocery bill as much as possible. anyways, here's what i got:

i realized this morning that i forgot to include a couple of key coupons, so i'll be going back to use them tonight, but in the end i still got a graet deal - i paid $43.73, but SAVED $96.64 or 68.85%. obviously, if i hadn't forgotten those few coupons, i'd have saved even more, i just was in a hurry and wasn't paying attention. . . oh well. i'll be going back for some more chex mix and the all small and mighty. . . i also forgot the olive oil coupons, but i don't need to buy any more of that, so i'll see if there's anyone around here who wants them. . . i also forget to get myself soe rainchecks for the brownies, lysol wipes, and ragu sauce b/c they ran out before i'd used all my coupons. . . so i'll have to do that today too. oh well, not bad for a first try, huh? :) (the picture doesn't have the yogurts or spray butters b/c i'd already put them away when i thought to take the picture and didn't feel like getting them back out)

total spent = $32.56; saved $37.12 or 53.27%. i was most excited about the shower cleaner - the regular price on those was $5.29 each, but i only paid $1.50 each after the sale price combined w/ coupons! :) i'll be going back for more excedrin, dial, and multiplus solution. . . and possibly some more johnson's baby stuff. we'll see. . .

ok, so i've been meaning to sit down and do this for a few days and now i have WAY more than i care to do at once, but oh well. . . anyways, i got to cvs at like, the last possible minute last week - 930 on saturday night - they close at 10 - to get last week's deals. . . not the greatest week, but not the worst either. mostly i just didn't have as great of luck as i have in the past, but i got stuff we needed, so it's all good.

total spent = $42.11; saved $ 29.67 or 41.33%. like i said, not the greatest week, but not bad either, especially considering we would've ended up paying full price for all of it in the near future, so why not save some now, right? (i didn't bother w/ the camp chair in the picture, but you get the idea)

about me

I love movies, music, and food and love to share all of them with the people I love. I love to bake and have won awards for many of my creations! I've been married to my hubby since August 2005. I earned a Bachelors in Exercise Science and a minor in chemistry in December 2006, but have chosen to be a stay at home mom. We have 3 little boys, Trevor, Scott, and Ezra. I'm currently homeschooling them, working part time, and performing as a soloist with the Rockville Civic Ballet while my husband completes his MBA in Accounting.